National Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award
About the Role
Sharon Jones, a member of the Environmental Services (ES) team at Northwest Indiana’s Methodist Hospitals, Gary Campus, has been named the 2015 recipient of the Hygiene Specialist® Excellence award sponsored by UMF Corporation, a Chicago-based developer of high-performance infection-prevention products.
Responsibilities
- Provide a clean, safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff by minimizing the dangers posed by the spread of infectious diseases and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
- Partner with nursing staff to ensure effective hygiene management in patient rooms and all other areas of the hospital
- Demonstrate compassion and embody the Spirit of Methodist in work and actions towards patients and their families
Qualifications
As a member of the ES team, Jones participated in a Hygiene Specialist In-Service Training program that included:
- Best practices for effective infection prevention
- In-service education
- Effective hygiene management in patient rooms and all other areas of Methodist Hospitals
Recognition
Jones was nominated for the award by her supervisor, Poet Billups, Manager of Environmental Services at Methodist Hospitals, a 600+-bed hospital system with campuses in Gary and Merrillville, IN. The Hygiene Specialist Excellence award, in its seventh year, was established by UMF Corporation to acknowledge the invaluable contribution of ES department staff across the country as the first line of defense in providing safe environments in hospitals and long-term care facilities.
Award
The Hygiene Specialist Award includes a one-week vacation for two to South Beach, Florida.
Note: 2016 award nominations were accepted at http://www.perfectclean.com/award.html.